The Jin Ancestral Hall is located in the southwest of Jinyang City, leans on the Hanging Urn Mountain in the west, faces the Jin River in the north, and worships Tang Shuyu who is the beginning of the founding feudalism of the Jin Kingdom.

Although Tang Shuyu was a figure in the early Zhou Dynasty, as the ancestor of the Jin Kingdom, he still has a lot of influence in today's Three Jin Dynasty. And the location of its ancestral hall is not only worshiped by the people, but also valued by the courtesy of the rulers of the past dynasties.

Especially in today's Eastern Wei Dynasty, Gao Huan set up a tyrant's mansion in Jinyang, and his prime minister's mansion was located in Jinyang City in the Spring and Autumn Period, which was even more justifiable to Tang Shuyu.

Although Tang Shuyu is only a prince and king, his identity still belongs to the pre-Zhou Miao descent and the orthodoxy of Zhuxia. The Gao family's hegemony is only a regional regime, and respecting Tang Shuyu certainly implies the significance of emphasizing its own legitimacy.

Last year, at the same time as the construction of Jinyang Palace, King Gao also had the intention of expanding the Jin Temple, and the conscription of the military service was stationed here to start construction, with the preparation of this year's war, the forced labor here was taken away with the army, and the expansion of the Jin Temple was shelved, but the workshop camp was retained.

Not long ago, a new group of personnel were arranged in the idle camp here, which was a cadre of soldiers who had been dismissed from Jinyang City before.

There were about 10,000 of these soldiers, and after arriving here, other county and county officials successively joined the envoys, ranging from dozens to hundreds, but they were still nothing compared to the total number of soldiers.

As the autumn deepened and the weather became colder, there were still nearly 7,000 people left here, and because of the lack of food and clothing, some riots gradually grew among the soldiers.

At dawn, when the frost was thick, suddenly a group of cavalry galloped into the camp, and rushed towards a tent with smoke coming out, and several soldiers entered the camp with swords and sticks, first picking up the ashes, and then pointed to the battalion sergeants who stood up and scolded: "You cheap slaves get out of the tent quickly!" Last night, the thieves stole the big wood of the West Temple, and they had to thoroughly investigate the camps, and if the slaves were willing to report it, there would be a reward, but if it was found that they were involved, they would be punished! ”

The soldiers were driven out of the camp tent, and they were still a little frightened, and when they came out of the tent, the cold and frost came to their faces, and they immediately froze to the ground, and even though they were busy, they kowtowed to the ground and shouted forgiveness.

The sergeants searched the tent for a long time and found no evidence, but they did not spare the tent soldiers, and ordered the disheveled soldiers to stand in this late autumn dawn and shiver, and did not allow them to enter the tent to keep warm, and then went to the tent to search.

These soldiers were already short of food and clothing, and their realm was miserable, and when they were mistreated like this, some of them couldn't help but cry, but they would soon be beaten with whips and canes.

The guards did not necessarily take pleasure in abusing the soldiers, which in itself was one of the means of taming discipline. There are thousands of soldiers here, but there are only a few hundred guards in the guards, and only by establishing absolute authority through punishment and torture will these soldiers obey in their bones and dare not disobey.

The cavalry who had searched the camp had searched several tents to no avail, and then focused on the largest of them, but as soon as a few soldiers entered the tent, they were pushed out.

The commander of the army was furious when he saw this, and ordered his subordinates to draw their swords and surround the camp tent, and then shouted a loud order for all the people inside to get out.

After a while, more than 30 soldiers slowly walked out of the tent. These dozens of soldiers are obviously different from other places, their robes are cleaner and neater, and their physiques are more robust, especially there is still a little rebellious air between their eyebrows and eyes, which is completely different from the mental state of other soldiers who are depressed and submissive.

Seeing these people in such a state, the commander of the army felt more and more that his majesty had been provoked, and he shouted and scolded: "You thieves who have committed great crimes, you can still have a dog's life today, it is already the high king's leniency and mercy!" Dare to resist the official army, do you really want to die? ”

After hearing this, one of the particularly burly middle-aged men sneered: "Whether Lao Tzu is dead or alive, it's not your turn to decide!" If you keep this noise, even if Lao Tzu doesn't live, you don't want to die. ”

"Hmph, a mere soldier camp slave dares to speak wildly! If you're really a great person, how can you end up here? ”

The soldier commander sneered, but seeing that this person had a fearless momentum that was not like a vulgar one, he still hesitated a little after all, so he asked again, "Who are you?" ”

"Lao Tzu is not a great character, but he is of the same clan as King Gao. In the old years, King Gao raised righteousness in Xindu, and once entered my house to visit and seek business. Although you are suffering from losing power and suffering in the world now, it is not your pawn who can be humiliated! ”

The man replied casually, and then ignored the commander's reaction, and turned straight back into the tent, while his disciples stood tightly in front of the tent door, fearless in the face of the heavily armed soldiers with swords and staffs.

"Presumptuous! What a thief dares to ...... like this"

The soldier commander was even more angry when he saw this, so what he said was too arrogant, so he subconsciously thought that it was not true, and even though he wanted to order the other party to be punished, he was quickly pulled down by an old soldier next to him.

"The team leader, please calm your anger, it is true that there is such a person in the camp slaves, who is the nephew of the late Situ Gong Gao Ao Cao, named Gao Le. In the old years, his clan elder Gao Zhong Mi Xitou, he was punished for not reporting it, and King Gao did not kill because of his clan's meritorious heroes, but only attacked the soldiers and slaves. ”

The old pawn pulled the commander aside and whispered, "If it's really this person, the team leader still shouldn't provoke subtlety." Although his clan is not as strong as in the old years, he still has old feelings to take care of, and he will not die after committing that kind of great crime, and he will leave the slave camp one day......"

After hearing this, the commander of the army was still a little unwilling in his heart, but he could only nod hatefully, after all, the Bohai Gao clan was the representative of the Hebei Han people, and there were many old ones in the army, so there was really no need to provoke a hidden danger of hatred for himself for the sake of a momentary spirit.

Something like this is just a small episode of the common here, although the camp here still exists, but the accumulated materials have long been requisitioned, and it is all up to the county government to help some of the surplus old grain and rotten chaff in the left county government to barely reach the mouth of the lake. But even this kind of poor food can't be supplied every day.

Thousands of soldiers in the prime of life are not fed and clothed, and even survival is about to become a problem, and if it is not properly addressed, it will definitely be a big problem. Therefore, the officials who stayed here also frequently told the Jinyang Bafu during this time, hoping that the Bafu could pay attention to and solve this problem.

It seems that the repeated recitals have finally had an effect, and the Taishi Di Gan, who stayed in Jinyang on this day, finally came to the Jin Temple, but his main intention does not seem to be to solve the problem here, and he did not say a word in the face of the complaints of the officials here, but ordered a thorough investigation as soon as possible how much strength was still available here.

After some review, the results were soon obtained, and the old, weak, sick and disabled and other really difficult envoys were eliminated, and there were more than 3,000 strong men who could be requisitioned and mobilized during this period.

This result naturally made Wei Digan quite dissatisfied, he still remembered that there were nearly 10,000 soldiers when he transferred these soldiers out of Jinyang before, but he didn't expect that the situation would be so seriously damaged in just over half a month.

However, he didn't have time to delve into the problem of personnel loss, and these soldiers had no pity anyway, so he ordered that the soldiers who could be used for dispatch should be reorganized as soon as possible, and they would be brought back to Jinyang after he returned from elsewhere.

When this news reached the camp, all the soldiers here were also panicked. Their current situation is already very dangerous and difficult, and the slightest change, if not good, is very likely to destroy them.

The officers and soldiers who stayed here were also a little at a loss for some reason, so they naturally didn't bother to explain to these soldiers, but rudely drove the people who could still move in the battalions to one place.

Naturally, punishment and humiliation such as beating and scolding are indispensable, and many relatives and friends are helplessly separated. Even if these soldiers didn't know why they were going, they saw that they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they all understood that these people were abandoned and could only stay here and wait for death.

Even though they were reluctant to grieve, in the face of those officers and soldiers who were fully armed and had sufficient food, they were powerless to resist at all, so they could only be expelled from the camp of the Jin Temple and go in the direction of Jinyang.

At this time, the south side of Jinyang City has also been transformed into a huge military camp, and the scene is not inferior to the army of King Gao to go out to migrate. And as more people gathered here, all kinds of rumors also became noisy.

Putting aside all kinds of too absurd things, the most recognized by the masses at the moment is the army of the Western Dynasty that came to attack Jinyang and tried to encircle Wei to save Zhao to force King Gao to enter the country of Kouqi. Therefore, as long as the remaining people in Jinyang can repel this weak Western Dynasty thief army, it will be a great achievement, and they will definitely be rewarded after King Gao's victory.

Of course, this is only a more positive statement, and there are negative rumors, such as King Gao has already been defeated in Hedong, and the army of the Western Dynasty has also entered Jinyang and attacked the palace.

There is one thing wrong with this rumor, that is, Di Gan is really sweeping the ground for soldiers, and all the people and horses who can complete the recruitment in the near future within dozens of miles around Jinyang have all been gathered by him outside Jinyang City, so that the number of available soldiers here has increased by more than 20,000 people, even if people are used to fill in the two palaces occupied by the thief army and the Xishan Quarry Road, it is enough to fill the pits and valleys!

With sufficient personnel, Di Gan first ordered the distribution of a batch of canes to these newly recruited men and horses, and then he couldn't wait to launch a new wave of offensive against Jinyang Palace.